So you’re probably wondering if you too are a scale jumper?
I had a follow up consult with one of my clients this week who has begun her 12 week Renew You Intensive Journey with me.
I am thrilled to report she is feeling so much better about herself and has a new found mental clarity and happily her weight is moving in the direction she wants it to go – which is south!  We know this because despite my reassurance to trust how she feels in her clothes everyday as an indicator for what is happening with her body – she still jumped on the scales..often!
She explained she just had to do it and has been jumping on and off regularly for years!
I advise my clients not to be perpetual scale jumpers! What you may ask is a scale jumper?
Well scale jumpers come in all shapes and sizes. Let me describe a few of them – I suspect you just might know one of them – intimately!!
THE AM JUMPER!
…jumps on their scales every morning, usually around the same time. First they have their obligatory loo stop, and then standing naked (because my god you don’t want to have your PJ’s on – they could add an extra 346 gms!)  they look expectantly, with eyes half closed down at the numbers…
THE Tentative AM JUMPER!
…does exactly the same as the AM Jumper but once they step off their scales, the Tentative AM Jumper is not quite sure if what they saw was absolutely correct, so they wait till the dial resets again at zero, then they hop on again……….mmmmmm…………note their weight, hop off again and just to be really sure what they saw is what they saw ……they hop on one last time.
THE AM/PM JUMPER
… will not only jump on the scales in the morning as per their friends above, but they are more than likely to jump on the scales one more time, either later in the day or before bed. The loo stop is again obligatory, and the purpose of this particular behaviour is to witness how their body weight has fluctuated throughout the day!
NOTE THIS IS MY WARNING:
SCALE JUMPING OF ANY OF THE ABOVE KIND CAN BE DETRIMENTAL TO YOUR MENTAL HEALTH!!!
So what to do instead…?
I’ll tell you next week why measurement is important to your weight loss success…
However it is all about making sure you do it the right way. So you dont look like Angry Annie above!
Be Healthy, Happy & Amazing!
Caroline x